 The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason : and His Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of His Spirit.  Ben Jonson - Page 433by Ben Jonson - 1925Full view - About this book
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 pages
...of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter,... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...of truth in the hands of the great sanctifier. " The first creature of God, in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit." If the study of divine things is not a blessing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The / first creature of God, in the works of the | days, was the light of the sense ; the last was ! the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, | ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. ! First he breathed light upon the face of the... | |
 | 1835 - 334 pages
...depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.' TRUTH. ' THE first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter,... | |
 | Stephen Davies - 1836 - 204 pages
...Spiritu Nov. Test. p. 25. Dei in scrutando Scripturse a John vii. 17. Bacon, " in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of. reason; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit."3 Well therefore may we, on the sacred and peaceful... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...song of gratitude. — Mudie's Spring. TRUTH.— The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...of it ; is (he sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter... | |
 | 1838 - 420 pages
...world, half so stately and daintily as candlelight. The first creature of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense : the last was the light of reason : and his sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter,... | |
 | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - 1842 - 78 pages
...the profoundest of * See Tillotson on the Rule of Faith. all thinkers, " in the works of the days, was the light of the sense : the last was the light of reason : and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter... | |
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